News
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| 08 Nov. 2024 |  | From 4 to 8 November 2024, the NATO Military Committee was in Qatar for a series of high-level engagements and visits of Qatar’s military education and training facilities. This visit marked the first time the NATO Military Committee travelled to Qatar. The high-level engagements that took place during the visit involved the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs, H.E. Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah and the Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General Salem bin Hamad bin Aqeel Al-Nabit. The goal of the visit was to discuss ongoing and future strategic and operational cooperation between Qatar and NATO. |
| 25 Sep. 2024 |  | NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for stronger, more strategic and results-orientated partnerships with countries in the Gulf region during an event in the margins of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday (25 September 2024). Hosted by the Crown Prince of Kuwait, his Highness Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah, the event celebrated 20 years of NATO-Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). It brought together NATO’s four ICI partners (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates) as well as Saudi Arabia, Oman and the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council. |
| 23 Jul. 2024 |  | On Tuesday, (23 July 2024), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the appointment of a Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, Javier Colomina. He is the Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and has served as the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia. |
| 23 Jul. 2024 | | On Tuesday, (23 July 2024), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the appointment of a Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, Javier Colomina. He is the Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and has served as the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia. |
| 14 May. 2024 |  | As part of the resumption of events at the NATO-Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Regional Centre in Kuwait (NIRC), a “NATO talk” was held on Monday (13 May 2024) to address the future of NATO relations in the region. “Twenty years of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative: What is the way forward for NATO-Gulf relations?” covered the importance of NATO partnerships and the changing security environment in the region. |
| 07 May. 2024 |  |
Group of experts publishes report on NATO’s southern neighbourhood Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană underlined the importance of NATO’s southern neighbourhood at an event hosted by the German Marshall Fund in Brussels on Tuesday (7 May 2024). What happens in the region directly affects the security of the Euro-Atlantic region, he stressed. |
| 07 May. 2024 | |
Group of experts publishes report on NATO’s southern neighbourhood Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană underlined the importance of NATO’s southern neighbourhood at an event hosted by the German Marshall Fund in Brussels on Tuesday (7 May 2024). What happens in the region directly affects the security of the Euro-Atlantic region, he stressed. |
| 24 Apr. 2024 |  |
NATO and Gulf partners boost scientific cooperation on security implications of climate change The NATO-Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Regional Centre in Kuwait convened its second conference on climate change and security on 23-24 April 2024. The event brought together officials and experts to discuss the specific challenges faced by the region and share views on how to move international cooperation forward. |
| 24 Apr. 2024 | |
NATO and Gulf partners boost scientific cooperation on security implications of climate change The NATO-Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Regional Centre in Kuwait convened its second conference on climate change and security on 23-24 April 2024. The event brought together officials and experts to discuss the specific challenges faced by the region and share views on how to move international cooperation forward. |
| 04 Apr. 2024 |  |
Allied Foreign Ministers discuss report by Group of Experts on NATO’s southern neighbourhood Meeting in Brussels on 4 and 5 April, Foreign Ministers discussed the findings of the review conducted by an independent Group of Experts on NATO’s approach on its southern neighbourhood. The review highlights the linkage between the security of NATO’s southern neighbourhoods – North Africa, the Middle East, the Sahel region and adjacent regions – and that of NATO Allies. It also underscores that deep-rooted localized challenges are now exacerbated by global strategic competition and threat-multipliers, such as climate change. |